Academy Award for Film Editing

The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934.

1930s

*1934 Eskimo - Conrad A. Nervig
*Cleopatra - Anne Bauchens
*One Night of Love - Gene Milford
*1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Ralph Dawson
*David Copperfield - Robert J. Kern
*The Informer - George Hively
*Les Misérables - Barbara McLean
*Lives of a Bengal Lancer - Ellsworth Hoagland
*Mutiny on the Bounty - Margaret Booth
*1936 Anthony Adverse - Ralph Dawson
*Come and Get It - Edward Curtiss
*The Great Ziegfeld - William S. Gray
*Lloyd's of London - Barbara McLean
*A Tale of Two Cities - Conrad A. Nervig
*Theodora Goes Wild - Otto Meyer
*1937 Lost Horizon - Gene Havlick, Gene Milford
*The Awful Truth - Al Clark
*Captains Courageous - Elmo Vernon
*The Good Earth - Basil Wrangell
*One Hundred Men and a Girl - Bernard W. Burton
*1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood - Ralph Dawson
*Alexander's Ragtime Band - Barbara McLean
*The Great Waltz - Tom Held
*Test Pilot - Tom Held
*You Can't Take It with You - Gene Havlick
*1939 Gone with the Wind - Hal C. Kern, James E. Mewcom
*Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Charles Frend
*Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Gene Havlick, Al Clark
*The Rains Came - Barbara McLean
*Stagecoach - Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer

1940s

*1940 North West Mounted Police - Anne Bauchens
*The Grapes of Wrath - Robert E. Simpson
*The Letter - Warren Low
*The Long Voyage Home - Sherman Todd
*Rebecca - Hal C. Kern
*1941 Sergeant York - William Holmes
*Citizen Kane - Robert Wise
*Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Harold F. Kress
*How Green Was My Valley - James B. Clark
*The Little Foxes - Daniel Mandell
*1942 The Pride of the Yankees - Daniel Mandell
*Mrs. Miniver - Harold F. Kress
*The Talk of the Town - Otto Meyer
*This Above All - Walter Thompson
*Yankee Doodle Dandy - George Amy
*1943 Air Force - George Amy
*Casablanca - Owen Marks
*Five Graves to Cairo - Doane Harrison
*For Whom the Bell Tolls - Sherman Todd. John Link
*The Song of Bernadette - Barbara McLean
*1944 Wilson - Barbara McLean
*Going My Way - Leroy Stone
*Janie - Owen Marks
*None But the Lonely Heart - Roland Gross
*Since You Went Away - Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
*1945 National Velvet - Robert J. Kern
*The Bells of St. Mary's - Harry Marker
*The Lost Weekend - Doane Harrison
*Objective, Burma! - George Amy
*A Song to Remember - Charles Nelson
*1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - Daniel Mandell
*It's a Wonderful Life - William Hornbeck
*The Jolson Story - William A. Lyon
*The Killers - Arthur Hilton
*The Yearling - Harold Kress
*1947 Body and Soul - Francis Lyon, Robert Parrish
*The Bishop's Wife - Monica Collingwood
*Gentleman's Agreement - Harmon Jones
*Green Dolphin Street - George White
*Odd Man Out - Fergus McDonnell
*1948 The Naked City - Paul Weatherwax
*Joan of Arc - Frank Sullivan
*Johnny Belinda - David Weisbart
*Red River - Christian Nyby
*The Red Shoes - Reginald Mills
*1949 Champion - Harry Gerstad
*All the King's Men - Robert Parrish, Al Clark
*Battleground - John Dunning
*Sands of Iwo Jima - Richard L. Van Enger
*The Window - Frederic Knudtson

1950s

*1950 King Solomon's Mines - Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig
*All About Eve - Barbara McLean
*Annie Get Your Gun - James E. Newcom
*Sunset Boulevard - Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
*The Third Man - Oswald Hafenrichter
*1951 A Place in the Sun - William Hornbeck
*An American in Paris - Adrienne Fazan
*Decision Before Dawn - Johnny Green, Dorothy Spencer
*Quo Vadis - Ralph E. Winters
*The Well - Cester Schaeffer
*1952 High Noon - Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad
*Come Back, Little Sheba - Warren Low
*Flat Top - William Austin
*The Greatest Show on Earth - Anne Bauchens
*Moulin Rouge - Ralph Kemplen
*1953 From Here to Eternity - William A. Lyon
*Crazylegs - Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
*The Moon Is Blue - Otto Ludwig
*Roman Holiday - Robert Swink
*The War of the Worlds - Everett Douglas
*1954 On the Waterfront - Gene Milford
*The Caine Mutiny - Willam A. Lyon
*The High and the Mighty - Ralph Dawson
*Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Ralph E. Winters
*20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Elmo Williams
*1955 Picnic - Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon
*Blackboard Jungle - Ferris Webster
*The Bridges at Toko-Ri - Alma Macrorie
*Oklahoma! - Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler
*The Rose Tattoo - Warren Low
*1956 Around the World in Eighty Days - Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
*The Brave One - Merrill G. White
*Giant - William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson, Fred Bohanan
*Somebody Up There Likes Me - Albert Akst
*The Ten Commandments - Anne Bauchens
*1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - Peter Taylor
*Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Warren Low
*Pal Joey - Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms
*Sayonara - Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson
*Witness for the Prosecution - Daniel Mandell
*1958 Gigi - Adrienne Fazan
*Auntie Mame - William Ziegler
*Cowboy - William A. Lyon, Al Clark
*The Defiant Ones - Frederic Knudtson
*I Want to Live! - William Hornbeck
*1959 Ben-Hur - Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
*Anatomy of a Murder - Louis R. Loeffler
*North by Northwest - George Tomasini
*The Nun's Story - Walter Thompson
*On the Beach - Frederic Knudtson

1960s

*1960 The Apartment - Daniel Mandell
*The Alamo - Stuart Gilmore
*Inherit the Wind - Frederic Knudtson
*Pepe - Viola Lawrence, Al Clark
*Spartacus - Robert Lawrence
*1961 West Side Story - Thomas Stanford
*Fanny - William H. Reynolds
*The Guns of Navarone - Alan Osbiston
*Judgment at Nuremberg - Frederic Knudtson
*The Parent Trap - Philip W. Anderson
*1962 Lawrence of Arabia - Anne Coates
*The Longest Day - Samuel E. Beetley
*The Manchurian Candidate - Ferris Webster
*The Music Man - William Ziegler
*Mutiny on the Bounty - John McSweeney, Jr.
*1963 How the West Was Won - Harold F. Kress
*The Cardinal - Louis R. Loeffler
*Cleopatra - Dorothy Spencer
*The Great Escape - Ferris Webster
*It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Frederic Knudtson, Robert C. Jones, Gene Fowler, Jr.
*1964 Mary Poppins - Cotton Warburton
*Becket - Anne Coates
*Father Goose - Ted J. Kent
*Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Michael Luciano
*My Fair Lady - William Ziegler
*1965 The Sound of Music - William Reynolds
*Cat Ballou - Charles Nelson
*Doctor Zhivago - Norman Savage
*The Flight of the Phoenix - Michael Luciano
*The Great Race - Ralph E. Winters
*1966 Grand Prix - Frederic Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
*Fantastic Voyage - William B. Murphy
*The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming - Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
*The Sand Pebbles - William Reynolds
*Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Sam O'Steen
*1967 In the Heat of the Night - Hal Ashby
*Beach Red - Frank P. Keller
*The Dirty Dozen - Michael Luciano
*Doctor Dolittle - Samuel E. Beetly, Marjorie Fowler
*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Robert C. Jones
*1968 Bullitt - Frank P. Keller
*Funny Girl - Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, William Sands
*The Odd Couple - Frank Bracht
*Oliver! - John Green
*Wild in the Streets - Fred Feitshans, Eve Newman
*1969 Z - Françoise Bonnot
*Hello, Dolly! - William Reynolds
*Midnight Cowboy - Hugh A. Robertson
*The Secret of Santa Vittoria - William Lyon, Earle Herdan
*They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Frederic Steinkamp

1970s

*1970 Patton - Hugh S. Fowler
*Airport - Stuart Gilmore
*M*A*S*H - Danford B. Greene
*Tora! Tora! Tora! - James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya
*Woodstock - Thelma Schoonmaker
*1971 The French Connection - Gerald B. Greenberg
*The Andromeda Strain - Stuart Gilmore, John W. Holmes
*A Clockwork Orange - Bill Butler
*Kotch - Ralph E. Winters
*Summer of '42 - Folmar Blangsted
*1972 Cabaret - David Bretherton
*Deliverance - Tom Priestly
*The Godfather - William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
*The Hot Rock - Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger
*The Poseidon Adventure - Harold F. Kress
*1973 The Sting - William Reynolds
*American Graffiti - Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
*The Day of the Jackal - Ralph Kemplen
*The Exorcist - Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
*Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Frank P. Keller, James Galloway
*1974 The Towering Inferno - Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
*Blazing Saddles - John C. Howard, Danford Greene
*Chinatown - Sam O'Steen
*Earthquake - Dorothy Spencer
*The Longest Yard - Michael Luciano
*1975 Jaws - Verna Fields
*Dog Day Afternoon - Dede Allen
*The Man Who Would Be King - Russell Lloyd
*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn
*Three Days of the Condor - Frederic Steinkamp, Don Guidice
*1976 Rocky - Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad
*All the President's Men - Robert L. Wolfe
*Bound for Glory - Robert Jones, Pembroke J. Herring
*Network - Alan Heim
*Two-Minute Warning - Eve Newman, Walter Hannemann
*1977 Star Wars - Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew
*Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Michael Kahn
*Julia - Walter Murch, Marcel Durham
*Smokey and the Bandit - Walter Hannemann, Angelo Ross
*The Turning Point - William Reynolds
*1978 The Deer Hunter - Peter Zinner
*The Boys from Brazil - Robert E. Swink
*Coming Home - Don Zimmerman
*Midnight Express - Gerry Hambling
*Superman - Stuart Baird
*1979 All That Jazz - Alan Heim
*Apocalypse Now - Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman
*The Black Stallion - Robert Dalva
*Kramer vs. Kramer - Gerald B. Greenberg
*The Rose - Robert L. Wolfe, C. Timothy O'Meara

1980s

*1980 Raging Bull - Thelma Schoonmaker
*Coal Miner's Daughter - Arthur Schmidt
*The Competition - David Blewitt
*The Elephant Man - Anne V. Coates
*Fame - Gerry Hambling
*1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark - Michael Kahn
*Chariots of Fire - Terry Rawlings
*The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Bloom
*On Golden Pond - Robert L. Wolfe
*Reds - Shirley Russell
*1982 Gandhi - John Bloom
*Das Boot - Hannes Nikel
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Carol Littleton
*An Officer and a Gentleman - Peter Zinner
*Tootsie - Frederic Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
*1983 The Right Stuff - Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Steward, Tom Rolf
*Blue Thunder - Frank Morris, Edward Abroms
*Flashdance - Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery
*Silkwood - Sam O'Steen
*Terms of Endearment - Richard Marks
*1984 The Killing Fields - Jim Clark
*Amadeus - Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler
*The Cotton Club - Barry Malkin, Robert O. Lovett
*A Passage to India - David Lean
*Romancing the Stone - Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss
*1985 Witness - Thom Noble
*A Chorus Line - John Bloom
*Out of Africa - Frederic Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
*Prizzi's Honor - Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
*Runaway Train - Henry Richardson
*1986 Platoon - Claire Simpson
*Aliens - Ray Lovejoy
*Hannah and Her Sisters - Susan E. Morse
*The Mission - Jim Clark
*Top Gun - Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
*1987 The Last Emperor - Gabriella Cristiani
*Broadcast News - Richard Marks
*Empire of the Sun - Michael Kahn
*Fatal Attraction - Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger
*RoboCop - Frank J. Urioste
*1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Arthur Schmidt
*Die Hard - Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link
*Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossy - Stuart Baird
*Mississippi Burning - Gerry Hambling
*Rain Man - Stu Linder
*1989 Born on the Fourth of July - David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
*Driving Miss Daisy - Mark Warner
*The Fabulous Baker Boys - William Steinkamp
*Glory - Steven Rosenbloom
*The Bear (L'Ours) (France) - Noëlle Boisson

1990s

*1990 Dances with Wolves - Noel Travis
*Ghost - Walter Murch
*The Godfather Part III - Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
*Goodfellas - Thelma Schoonmaker
*The Hunt for Red October - Dennis Virkler, John Wright
*1991 JFK - Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
*The Commitments - Gerry Hambling
*The Silence of the Lambs - Craig McKay
*Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
*Thelma and Louise - Thom Noble
*1992 Unforgiven - Joel Cox
*Basic Instinct - Frank J. Urioste
*The Crying Game - Kant Pan
*A Few Good Men - Robert Leighton
*The Player - Geraldine Peroni
*1993 Schindler's List - Michael Kahn
*The Fugitive - Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig
*In the Line of Fire - Anne V. Coates
*In the Name of the Father - Gerry Hambling
*The Piano - Veronika Jenet
*1994 Forrest Gump - Arthur Schmidt
*Hoop Dreams - Frederick Marx, Steve James, William Haugse
*Pulp Fiction - Sally Manke
*The Shawshank Redemption - Richard Francis-Bruce
*Speed - John Wright
*1995 Apollo 13 - Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
*Babe - Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
*Braveheart - Steven Rosenbloom
*Crimson Tide - Chris Lebenzon
*Seven - Richard Francis-Bruce
*1996 The English Patient - Walter Murch
*Evita - Gerry Hambling
*Fargo - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
*Jerry Maguire - Joe Hutshing
*Shine - Pip Karmel
*1997 Titanic - Conrad Biff IV, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
*Air Force One - Richard Francis-Bruce
*As Good as It Gets - Richard Marks
*Good Will Hunting - Pietro Scalia
*L.A. Confidential - Peter Honess
*1998 Saving Private Ryan - Michael Kahn
*Out of Sight - Anne V. Coates
*Shakespeare in Love - David Gamble
*The Thin Red Line - Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
*Life Is Beautiful - Simona Paggi

With the rise of digital non-linear editing systems, the award name was changed to Best Editing in 1999:
*1999 The Matrix - Zach Staenberg
*American Beauty - Tariq Anwar
*The Cider House Rules - Lisa Zeno Churgin
*The Insider - William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosenbloom
*The Sixth Sense - Andrew Mondshein

2000s

* 2000 Traffic - Stephen Mirrione
*Almost Famous - Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
*Gladiator - Pietro Scalia
*Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Squyres
*Wonder Boys - Dede Allen
* 2001 Black Hawk Down - Pietro Scalia
*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - John Gilbert
*A Beautiful Mind - Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
*Memento - Dody Dorn
*Moulin Rouge! - Jill Bilcock
*2002 Chicago - Martin Walsh
*Gangs of New York - Thelma Schoonmaker
*The Hours - Peter Boyle
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - D. Michael Horton
*The Pianist - Hervé de Luze
* 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Jamie Selkirk
*City of God - Daniel Rezende
*Cold Mountain - Walter Murch
*Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Lee Smith
*Seabiscuit - William Goldenberg
*2004 The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
*Collateral - Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
*Finding Neverland - Matt Chesse
*Million Dollar Baby - Joel Cox
*Ray - Paul Hirsch
*2005 Crash - Hughes Winborne
*Cinderella Man - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
*The Constant Gardener - Claire Simpson
*Munich - Michael Kahn
*Walk the Line - Michael McCusker

See also

* Film editing
* Academy Award